Ice-mobile.



E J. A. SUMMER ICE MOBILE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 11', 1914.

1,12,195. Patented Feb. 9, 1915.

amawboz Edward Jfl 5077227267" EDWARD J. A. SUMMER, OFQSLOAN, NEW"YORK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb, 9, 1915.

Application filed July ,11, 1914. Serial No. 850,357.

T all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, EDW RD J. A. SOM- 'MER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Sloan, in the county of Erie'and State of New York, have inventednew and useful Improvements in Ice-Mobiles, of which the following is a specifi cation.

The general object of the invention is to refine the construction of sleighs in point of providing a sleigh which may be automatically propelled by an operator upon snow or hardened ice in a manner similar to the ordinary sleigh now in use. And to these ends the invention consists of a sleigh having pivoted runner portions and means mounted on the sleigh adapted for use by an operator for imparting motion to the sleigh.

Other objects will appear and be better understood from that embodiment of my invention of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings forming part hereof, in which Figure 1, is a side elevational View of the sleigh and Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the sleigh with the seat portion removed.

As shown in the drawings the invention consists of a body portion a to which is secured the runner portions 6 and c and d indicates means mounted on the body a for imparting motion to the sleigh.

The body a is formed of a pair of longitudinally disposed stringers 5-5, which are arranged in parallel spaced relation with each other as shown. At the rear portion of the sleigh these stringers are provided with the uprights 6, upon which is mounted a seat 7 for an operator which seat is spaced above the stringers as shown, so as to have positioned thereunder the motive means d.

The steering runner b which forms the forward portion of the sleigh is provided with a pair of runners 88, which may be made of any suitable material, and for the purpose of illustration, the same are shown in the drawings as made of wood and provided with suitable metallic runner-strips 99, but it is obvious that should the runners be formed of steel or the like, the runner strips 9 would be superfluous. The steering runners are secured to each other in relative position by the cross pieces 10 and 11 which carry the centrally bored block 12, as shown. The front portion of the body a carries a ring pin 15, which is fitted within the bore of the block 12, and

thus admitsof the runner portion being laterally adjusted so as to steer the sleigh. The steering of the sleigh is preferably accomplished by the feet of the operator, which rest upon the cross piece 11 in suitable recessedportions 16 provided thereon; thus while. theoperator is manually actuating the .means 01, the feet of the operator control the direction in which the sleigh progresses.

The rear or main supporting runner 0 is similar in structure to the steering runner Z2, is preferably of greater length and width as shown. The stringers 5 of the body are secured to the runner portion 0 by means of a shaft 17 which is positioned transversely on the runners and is journaled in suitable bearings 18 and 19 provided respectively on the upper sides of the runners and the lower sides of the stringers 5 as shown. It will be seen therefore, that by virtue of this mode of securing the main runner portion 0 to the body a, the runners b will be secured thereto in a substantially non-rigid manner, and to prevent excessive pivotal movement on the part of the runners 0, the same are provided with keeper chains 20 which are secured to the stringers 5 as shown.

The drive shaft 17 is a component part of the motive means 0! and is provided at its middle portion with a pinion 21 which is keyed thereto, and meshes with a drive gear 22 which is mounted on a stub shaft 23 journaled within a suitable bearing 24 mounted on the body a. The shaft 17 is provided at its ends with the toothed wheels 25, which are keyed to the shaft and are of such diameter as to bite into the surface of the snow or hardened ice when the sleigh is in operation. As shown in the drawings, the drive gear 22 is of relatively larger diameter than the pinion 21, which thus admits of the toothed wheels 25 being rotated at a relatively greater speed than the gear 22 when the motive means is in operation. The gear 22 is rotated by means of a pitman 26, which is obviously mounted eccentrically on the gear, and has its other end pivotally secured to an actuating lever 27 which has its lower end fulcrumed in the body a of the sleigh as shown.

The upper end of the lever 27 is preferably arranged to be in convenient reach ofan operator, and is thus provided with the transverse handles 28. It will be seen therefore, that an operator while sitting upon the seat 7 may actuate the lever 27 in a reciprocating manner thus eifecting the propulsion of the sleigh and that the steering of the sleigh may be effected by the feet of the operator as before described.

It is obvious that those skilled in the art may vary the details of construction and arrangements of parts without departing from the spirit of my invention and therefore I do not wish to be limited to any features except as may be required by the claim.

What I claim as new is A sleigh comprising runners, bearings mounted upon the runners, stringers located above and between the runners, bearings carried by the stringers, a shaft journaled in the bearings carried by the runners and stringers and located between the stringers and runners, dentate wheels mounted upon the shaft beyond the outer sides of the runners, a lever pivoted upon the stringers and means operatively connecting the lever with the shaft. I

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

EDWARD J. A. SOMMER. Witnesses:

CARRIE A. MEAHL, EMMA S'rRi'iJEWsKn.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C. 

